In the dark night, amidst the valley, "Infinity" stood motionless on the tracks like a mechanical behemoth.
In carriage 3, Lin Xian’s eyes emitted a fluorescent glow as he activated the [Mechanical Repair]skill to fix the tail plate and flank armor, while Chen Sixuan wasn’t idle either; she used a medical kit found from the Oasis convoy to disinfect the wounds on Lin Xian’s hands and face.
At that moment, Lin Xian looked at the screen in front of him, his pupils filled with shock.
Because he discovered that both his attributes and skill proficiency had significantly increased!
[Current Level of Mechanical Heart LV.1 310/500]
[Notification: Upgrading Mechanical Heart can grant special skill rewards. When Mechanical Heart reaches LV3 LV6 LV9, Mysterious Awakening can be obtained]
[Strength: LV1 47/50]
[Current Basic Skills]
[Mechanical Devouring LV.2 8/500]
[Mechanical Manufacturing LV.1 112/300]
[Mechanical Scan (Passive)]
[Mechanical Repair (Passive)]
[Mechanical Operation (Passive)]
[Wind Cannon LV.1 66/100]
[Ice Shield LV1 18/100]
"How can attributes increase without devouring any machines?"
After the battle, Wind Cannon jumped directly from 25 to 66, and Ice Shield skill increased by 5 points the last time he fought with Liu Wei, but this time it increased by 12 points!
If these enhancements can be attributed to battling strong enemies, then the changes in basic attributes baffled Lin Xian.
Because previously, the improvement in attributes always came from the extra rewards obtained through Mechanical Devouring.
But this time, strength increased by 14 points, speed increased by 7 points, and even defense grew by 8 points, practically equivalent to the benefits of devouring four large refrigerators.
Lin Xian was both startled and pleased, as he had never known attributes could increase in such a way.
"Then why haven’t my attributes increased at all when I have killed so many zombies?"
At this moment, he was deeply baffled.
"Could it be that killing an Abnormal Body provides an increase in superpower?"
Thinking it over, this was the most reasonable explanation. Lin Xian remembered the black centipede from Uncle Li and the white humanoid monster from the furniture city; he hadn’t killed either of them, but the giant bug this evening appeared three times and was finally dealt with.
He sighed lightly, regardless, gaining something is better than nothing.
From his current attributes, both his strength and defense were about to be upgraded, which was genuinely good news.
Every level of attribute enhancement significantly boosted his strength.
At this moment, hundreds of kilometers away in Jiang City, the entire city had entered polar night!
The streets and corners of the city during the night were infested with various zombies and monsters. In the radio, there was no longer any sound.
Up in the sky, within the vast clouds obscuring the sun, the colossal floating giant corpse suddenly shook, dispersing the clouds as if a mountain blocked the river of stars.
The zombies throughout the city suddenly became frenzied. Monsters in numerous corners began howling, and uncontrollable black blood energy was drawn from their bodies. A strange gravitational force gradually attracted them, as if the heavens and earth were reversing, and the zombies fell to the ground like a tidal wave of wheat, instantly enveloping the entire city in an aura of death!
Following that, the giant floating carcass, as large as a continent, slowly turned and started moving towards the east.
After a night of repairs, Lin Xian managed to restore most of the damages to Carriage No. 3; the damaged areas were also fixed using Steel Armor, generally considered repaired.
Due to extreme fatigue, when he opened his eyes again, he was awoken by Chen Sixuan.
When he opened his eyes, Teacher Chen’s beautiful eyes were filled with excitement. "It’s morning!" she grabbed Lin Xian’s hand and pointed at his watch.
Lin Xian focused his gaze, feeling the sunlight outside. The time on his watch was 16:26!
That was an hour and a half ahead of the expected time!
Lin Xian’s gaze sharpened, and he immediately lost all urge to sleep, asking Chen Sixuan, "How far did we run last night?"
"At least 400 kilometers. If the mileage isn’t showing wrong, we are only about 50 kilometers away from North Bay Town now."
His gaze swept towards the sofa beside him, only to see that KIKI had already woken up, sitting on the sofa, squinting and waving at him with a smile.
"Are you okay now?" Lin Xian asked.
"Yes, I am," KIKI replied with a bright expression, "After a sleep, I feel much better!"
Lin Xian frowned slightly, suddenly saying, "It seems I forgot to tie you up."
Hearing Lin Xian’s words, KIKI’s face turned glum, nervously saying, "Hey, I even saved you yesterday, and you still want to tie me up?!"
"Not necessarily," Lin Xian said seriously, "Considering your performance last night, I can forgive you for stealing food. However, if you don’t tell the truth about the questions I’m about to ask, I might still throw you out."
KIKI frowned, looking somewhat scared, stammering,
"Wha... What question?"
"About the claim that your father is the owner of Linglong Group, a second-level investor in the Dawn Plan; is it true or false?"
KIKI wondered, "Didn’t you say you weren’t interested in this?"
"Answer my question!" Lin Xian demanded without any niceties, noting that this girl had a rather eccentric personality, her words not always reliable, and given her newfound understanding of using Superpower, Lin Xian couldn’t afford to keep her without clarity on her stance.
Seeing Lin Xian being so stern, Chen Sixuan couldn’t help but feel a bit nervous.
She thought to herself, never realizing before that Lin Xian had such deep thoughts and a decisive demeanor, being stern almost made it seem like she was not the teacher, but rather his student.
"It’s true!" KIKI looked at Lin Xian disapprovingly, thinking this man was indeed very fierce.
"Where were you going on the helicopter?"
"I’m not very sure about that, I only know it was heading towards Daluo Mountain..." KIKI said.
Lin Xian, hearing her tone which did not seem deceitful, continued asking,
"Do you know why the plane crashed?"
At this KIKI’s face changed slightly and she shook her head, "Not much of an impression, the plane suddenly lost control, and there seemed to be something in the sky..."
Indeed, there must be something horrifying within that massive cloud formation over Jiang City, causing trepidation.
That overwhelming feeling, even surpassing the coming of the night!
"Alright, last question."
Lin Xian took a deep breath and looked at KIKI critically, "You are young but seem to be very knowledgeable about technological equipment, why is that?"
Hearing that it was the last question, KIKI tensed up completely, but upon hearing his question, she relaxed and confidently said,
"You underestimate me then. I am proficient in all kinds of advanced information systems you can think of. There’s nowhere on the internet I can’t access. Previously, I could even get you the specifications for the interstellar army’s most advanced Super Heavy Integrated Armor, the Reversible Multi-Aperture Array Wave Light Radar ever heard of it, or the I-17 multi-leaf plasma cannon, known as top secret and still in the testing phase... I know a lot about these fun gadgets."
"Your 2028 model Whale 03E heavy gas turbine car has been retired for nearly 10 years already, struggling to adapt to the surge and high saline storms on transoceanic tracks, of course, you’ve driven less than 1000 kilometers, still far from the oceanic track segment, food, water, air, information, defense, medical, aside from the temporary energy trouble, everything else is still lacking, am I wrong?"
Hearing this, Chen Sixuan’s face filled with disbelief, unable to imagine how this young girl knew so much.